Hes atheist, not naturalist. Being an atheist does not mean that you do not beleive in luck, karma, charms, magic, or pink fuzzy unicorns. Only that you don't buy theistic claims.
The man with the lucky scarf, if he truly does beleive it brings him luck, beleives that luck exists. He might not beleive in god but, plenty of buddists beleive in karma and not a god. Nor does he expect anything else of that scarf, it is not sentient, talking to it will not provide him more luck. It is simply something he has attributed luck to.
It's also very likely that he doesn't seriously beleive in good luck coming from the scarf, it's a habbit similar to correcting your glasses when you think, even though they are already in the right place. theres endless lists of things humans do for little to no reason and we just call it a charm or habit.
for example, theres two light switches by my door, one for the stairs one for the hall, both lights have a second switch that controls them. I try to keep it so that if both lights are on, both of MY switches are up, instead of one switch up and one switch down. for no real reason I just like things to be ordered, just as some people like to place their confidence in an object that cannot fail them.
The man with the lucky scarf, if he truly does beleive it brings him luck, beleives that luck exists. He might not beleive in god but, plenty of buddists beleive in karma and not a god. Nor does he expect anything else of that scarf, it is not sentient, talking to it will not provide him more luck. It is simply something he has attributed luck to.
It's also very likely that he doesn't seriously beleive in good luck coming from the scarf, it's a habbit similar to correcting your glasses when you think, even though they are already in the right place. theres endless lists of things humans do for little to no reason and we just call it a charm or habit.
for example, theres two light switches by my door, one for the stairs one for the hall, both lights have a second switch that controls them. I try to keep it so that if both lights are on, both of MY switches are up, instead of one switch up and one switch down. for no real reason I just like things to be ordered, just as some people like to place their confidence in an object that cannot fail them.
